Wickham Green Farmhouse

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SU 37 SE WELFORD WICKHAM GREEN Wickham Green Farmhouse

11/5 II

Farmhouse, now house, enlarged and largely rebuilt early-mid C19; C20 alterations. Red brick in Flemish bond with grey headers; plain tile roof; brick stacks with clay pots. 2 storeys with cellar, 4 bays; the building encased in brick and with added rear range: C20 outshut additions to right bay and right return. Openings have segmental brick arches. Windows have small-pane casements. Cusped barge boards and pendants to gables. Entrance elevation: left bay gabled. Bay 2 has 4-panel door in gabled porch with slatted sides; board door to bay 4 concealed by C20 outshut which has door and flanking windows in keeping. 2-light window between doors; and on left, canted bay window with dentilled sill and polygonal roof. On 1st floor windows of 3,3,2 and 2 lights. Ridge stack to bay 2 and at right end (pots removed); single-flue stack to left side. Rear: the 2 left bays, under catslide roof have 3-light window and board door below bracketed pent porch to right bay; 2-light window on left; and gabled 2-light eaves dormers. Right-hand bays are paired and gabled, with 3- light stair-window to left bay, and 2-light window to each floor (including cellar) of right bay. Interior: timber-framing members from the older, lower building survive in the right-hand bay, particularly on 1st floor; and between left-hand bays are back-to-back brick fireplaces with curved inner corners, wooden surround to smaller left-hand fireplace, and wooden bressumer to large right-hand fireplace. C19 surviving features include panelled doors, cupboards, shutters (to bay window), floorboards, and stair which has closed string stick balusters, and columnar newels. The C20 outshut at right end has old 3-light iron casement window with leading and decorative catches.

Listing NGR: SU3978471843